glaebula

Latin

Alternative forms

• glēbula

Etymology

From glaeba (“clod of earth”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlae̯.bu.la/, [ˈɡɫ̪äe̯bʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle.bu.la/, [ˈɡlɛːbulä]

Noun

glaebula f (genitive glaebulae); first declension

1. a small clod, a little lump (usually of soil)
2. (by extension) a small plot of land, a little farm

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glaebula	glaebulae
Genitive	glaebulae	glaebulārum
Dative	glaebulae	glaebulīs
Accusative	glaebulam	glaebulās
Ablative	glaebulā	glaebulīs
Vocative	glaebula	glaebulae

Descendants

• Angevin: louâbre ⇒ louâbreux, louâbru, louâbrer
• Corsican: ghielba, ghierba
• Sardinian: leura (Campidanese)
• → English: glaebule

References

• “glaebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glaebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “glaebula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 152